2 research outputs found
A structural and a functional aspect of stable information processing by the brain
In this paper a model of neural circuit in the brain has been proposed which
is composed of cyclic sub-circuits. A big loop has been defined to be
consisting of a feed forward path from the sensory neurons to the highest
processing area of the brain and feed back paths from that region back up to
close to the same sensory neurons. It has been mathematically shown how some
smaller cycles can amplify signal. A big loop processes information by contrast
and amplify principle. It has been assumed that the spike train coming out of a
firing neuron encodes all the information produced by it as output. This
information over a period of time can be extracted by a Fourier transform. The
Fourier coefficients arranged in a vector form will uniquely represent the
neural spike train over a period of time. The information emanating out of all
the neurons in a given neural circuit over a period of time will be represented
by a collection of points in a multidimensional vector space. This cluster of
points represents the functional or behavioral form of the neural circuit. It
has been proposed that a particular cluster of vectors as the representation of
a new behavior is chosen by the brain interactively with respect to the memory
stored in that circuit and the synaptic plasticity of the circuit. It has been
proposed that in this situation a Coulomb force like expression governs the
dynamics of functioning of the circuit and stability of the system is reached
at the minimum of all the minima of a potential function derived from the force
like expression. The calculations have been done with respect to a pseudometric
defined in a multidimensional vector space.Comment: Sixteen pages, two figures. Accepted for publication in Cognitive
Neurodynamics (Springer
Behavioral response to strong aversive stimuli: A neurodynamical model
In this paper a theoretical model of functioning of a neural circuit during a
behavioral response has been proposed. A neural circuit can be thought of as a
directed multigraph whose each vertex is a neuron and each edge is a synapse.
It has been assumed in this paper that the behavior of such circuits is
manifested through the collective behavior of neurons belonging to that
circuit. Behavioral information of each neuron is contained in the coefficients
of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) over the output spike train. Those
coefficients form a vector in a multidimensional vector space. Behavioral
dynamics of a neuronal network in response to strong aversive stimuli has been
studied in a vector space in which a suitable pseudometric has been defined.
The neurodynamical model of network behavior has been formulated in terms of
existing memory, synaptic plasticity and feelings. The model has an analogy in
classical electrostatics, by which the notion of force and potential energy has
been introduced. Since the model takes input from each neuron in a network and
produces a behavior as the output, it would be extremely difficult or may even
be impossible to implement. But with the help of the model a possible
explanation for an hitherto unexplained neurological observation in human brain
has been offered. The model is compatible with a recent model of sequential
behavioral dynamics. The model is based on electrophysiology, but its relevance
to hemodynamics has been outlined.Comment: Submitted to journa